Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Three French Hens

Happy Wednesday, everyone! It's my Pink By Design day, and I have a fun card to show you today. We're doing a 12 Days of Christmas series over at PBD, and my card was inspired by the Third Day of Christmas: Three French Hens. Here it is:

I had a lot of fun with background stamps on this card. First, I used the Pink By Design Damask Background Stamp to create the overall background for my card. I decided to stamp right on my card base, but I wanted to contain the design to the front of the card. So, I used good old painter's tape to mask off along the fold of the card. Then, I inked up my stamp by dabbing my stamp pad all over the stamp.

My background was bigger than the stamp, but that was no problem. The great thing about PBD backgrounds is that they are totally tileable, which means I was able to stamp once, then line up the edge of the design and stamp again to cover the entire background. When I was done, I carefully peeled off the painter's tape to reveal a perfectly clean line. You know, this looks just like some wallpaper we had in our entry hall when I was growing up..green color and all. Anyway, I wanted a more subtle background with less contrast, so I used my Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks to add a little distressing and character.

In order to use steel dies like the ones you can find at PBD with your Cuttlebug, you need to purchase a Thin Die Adapter plate (Plate C). I found mine online. Then, you want to make a "sandwich" in this order (from bottom to top): A plate (on the bottom), C plate, die (with raised cutting edge facing up), cardstock, B plate. Then, just run the "sandwich" through your Cuttlebug machine, and you have a perfect little tag that is ready for stamping!

Okay this is just too stinkin cute!! I absolutely love this card!! Love the berets on those cute little hens. The stamping is fantastic too!! Another fabulous card Lisa :0)Dianadaisylovecreations.blogspot.com